BANKING SECTOR
A green wave is now sweeping the financial services industry. Recently, banks and other asset management entities have
BUSINESS SENTIMENT
In its mid-January Global Economic Prospects publication, the World Bank revised its forecast for Sri Lanka’s economic contraction in 2022 to 9.2 percent and projected
AGRICULTURE SECTOR
The agriculture sector is seeing a tremendous transformation. There are diverse opportunities and difficulties arising due to shifting global markets
SUSTAINABLE BANKING
Sustainable banking is a key trend in sustainable finance. It’s needed to achieve the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), is increasingly important
BRAZIL ELECTION
President of Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, known mononymously as ‘Lula,’ is back in the presidential palace – for a third time. He
SRI LANKA TODAY
President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s pledge to resolve the country’s longstanding ‘ethnic conflict’ by the 75th anniversary of independence on 4 February could be the
YOUTH FORUM
There is a lot of good, a little bad and some ugly in the country. Sri Lanka – which is a beautiful small island with golden beaches,
LIVING GALLERY
Q: Where would your dream holiday be…?
A: In a glass igloo at Finland’s Arctic Resort, watching the Northern Lights – or experiencing Christmas in New York City
BOOKRACK
Predictions for 2023, published by The Economist, are awaited by a host of readers including…
STATE OF THE NATION
A Sri Lanka free of colonial shackles awaits conversion of an IMF staff-level cheque bankrolling the nation’s food bills into the safer hard currency
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SO SRI LANKA
Our tiny island has much splendour to offer, some of which are located in distant places while others are more or less offered on a silver platter. Far enough from
LMD 100 Q&A
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BANK Q: How has the role of banking customers changed in the face…
MICROCOSM
The Colombo stock market recently witnessed the first net weekly foreign inflow for the year even though there have been dips in the indices. The decline of the active Standard & Poor’s Sri Lanka 20
GEN Z PERSPECTIVES
Last year was an economically devastating one for Sri Lanka. Though 2022 began with hope and optimism in terms of
BURNING ISSUES
For the fifth month in succession, the most concerning issue for business remains the seemingly never-ending inflation spiral, according to the findings from the exclusive LMD-NielsenIQ
FISCAL POLICY
Sri Lankans will need to work together and put in a mammoth effort in 2023 to rekindle the economy and foster growth – and ensure that it is inclusive
